http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:29:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/how-to-articles/exciting-nighttime-photography-exposure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exciting-nighttime-photography-exposure http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/how-to-articles/exciting-nighttime-photography-exposure/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:26:00 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=2332 Nighttime photography - photographing the moon]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/how-to-articles/exciting-nighttime-photography-exposure/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/how-to-articles/making-photograph-pond-owens-valley-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-photograph-pond-owens-valley-2011 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/how-to-articles/making-photograph-pond-owens-valley-2011/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:43:19 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=2031 Follow along in the making of a photograph as we go from kneeling in the mud to the final print on paper.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/how-to-articles/making-photograph-pond-owens-valley-2011/feed/ 7 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/how-to-articles/vacation-photography/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vacation-photography http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/how-to-articles/vacation-photography/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:20:00 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=1990 Read about the pros and cons of point and shoot and digital SLR cameras.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/how-to-articles/vacation-photography/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/the-backup-saga-continues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-backup-saga-continues http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/the-backup-saga-continues/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:09:07 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/the-backup-saga-continues/ The backup strategy I've been developing over the past year got put to the test. And it worked.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/the-backup-saga-continues/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/november_2010_print_of_month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=november_2010_print_of_month http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/november_2010_print_of_month/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:35:16 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/november_2010_print_of_month/ Introducing the November Print of the Month, a photograph of peace and solitude from Zion National Park.]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/november_2010_print_of_month/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/epson-4800-clogged-nozzles-follow-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=epson-4800-clogged-nozzles-follow-up http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/epson-4800-clogged-nozzles-follow-up/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:53:54 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2010/03/15/epson-4800-clogged-nozzles-follow-up/ I’ve posted several articles on dealing with the clogged nozzle problem I’ve experienced with the Epson 4800.  In summary, I tried increasing the humidity inside the printer by using damp sponges.  This technique appeared to work but in the end was a really bad idea.  Here are the original posts. Epson 4800 Tip Epson 4800 [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/epson-4800-clogged-nozzles-follow-up/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/size-matters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=size-matters http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/size-matters/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:44:43 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/2009/09/14/size-matters/ I spent the past couple of weeks making almost fifteen large prints for a client.  Image sizes were 13X20 and 16X24.  Boy, it was fun.  I’ve worked with these images over the years.  They were all 10X15.  But kicking them up even just one notch takes them into an entirely different realm. Royal Succession (2005) [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/size-matters/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/a-ten-step-program-for-grad-nd-filters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-ten-step-program-for-grad-nd-filters http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/a-ten-step-program-for-grad-nd-filters/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:14:32 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=306 I have a couple of Lee graduated neutral density filters in my camera bag.  I don’t use them very much because I’m kind of an HDR guy.  But the past couple of mornings we’ve had some very clear sunrises and given the location of our home in the Southern California foothills this turned out to [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/a-ten-step-program-for-grad-nd-filters/feed/ 0 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photoshop-two-step/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photoshop-two-step http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photoshop-two-step/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:41:04 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=267 I have a good friend who is a very fine photographer who hates Photoshop.  Not me.  I love it and will spend days and weeks on a single image.  But my friend hates Photoshop and wants to get done with it as quickly as possible. So I showed him a simple two-step approach to Photoshop that gets [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/articles/photoshop-two-step/feed/ 2 http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/shoot-till-you-cant-shoot-any-more/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shoot-till-you-cant-shoot-any-more http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/shoot-till-you-cant-shoot-any-more/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:11:11 +0000 doinlight http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/?p=253 There’s a lot of talk amongst photographers about shooting in the golden hours – around sunrise and sunset.  There’s no disagreement that the light is wonderful at those times of the day.  The low angle gives excitingly long shadows and the fact that the sunlight has to travel through more of our atmosphere means it’s [...]]]> http://ralphnordstromphotography.com/wordpress/journal/shoot-till-you-cant-shoot-any-more/feed/ 0